My parents were both from extremely different backgrounds. My father's Italian, my mother was of Swedish descent. They're both first-generation Americans.

People always ask me, how do you do everything you do?

I am the luckiest actress on the planet.

I married somebody who is very secure. He's been in my corner from the time we met, and we grew in this together.

I somehow instinctively knew it would be much better to win.

I really always felt that I was going to be an actress. I had a lot of confidence in the fact that I would do well from a very early age. I didn't know how tough the business is.

It took awhile for me to get used to speaking candidly about my own life. I got into it, and it turned out to be a wonderful experience.